Some description fixes

There are many more packages to fix, this is just a start. Rules: * Don't repeat the package name (not always that easy...) * Start with capital letter * Don't end with full stop * Don't start with "The ..." or "A ..." I've also added descriptions to some packages and rewritten others.
2024-11-18 19:51:17 +00:00 · 2013-10-05 16:22:46 +02:00 · 2013-10-05 16:22:46 +02:00 · 28ac782583
parent 4c7796e4a3
commit 28ac782583
70 changed files with 87 additions and 64 deletions
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/a2jmidid/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/a2jmidid/default.nix
@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {

  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
    homepage = http://home.gna.org/a2jmidid;
-    description = "daemon for exposing legacy ALSA sequencer applications in JACK MIDI system";
+    description = "Daemon for exposing legacy ALSA sequencer applications in JACK MIDI system";
    license = licenses.gpl2;
    maintainers = [ maintainers.goibhniu ];

--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/abcde/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/abcde/default.nix
@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ in
    meta = {
      homepage = "http://lly.org/~rcw/abcde/page/";
      license = "GPLv2+";
-      description = "A Better CD Encoder (ABCDE)";
+      description = "Command-line audio CD ripper";

      longDescription = ''
        abcde is a front-end command-line utility (actually, a shell
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/audacious/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/audacious/default.nix
@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
  enableParallelBuilding = true;

  meta = {
-    description = "Audacious, a media player forked from the Beep Media Player, which was itself an XMMS fork";
+    description = "Audio player";
    homepage = http://audacious-media-player.org/;
    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ eelco simons ];
    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/aumix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/aumix/default.nix
@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
    ++ (if gtkGUI then [pkgconfig gtk] else []);

  meta = {
-    description = "Aumix, an audio mixer for X and the console";
+    description = "Audio mixer for X and the console";
    longDescription = ''
      Aumix adjusts an audio mixer from X, the console, a terminal,
      the command line or a script.
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/abook/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/abook/default.nix
@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {

  meta = {
    homepage = "http://abook.sourceforge.net/";
-    description = "Abook is a text-based addressbook program designed to use with mutt mail client.";
+    description = "Text-based addressbook program designed to use with mutt mail client";
    license = "GPLv2";
    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.edwtjo ];
    platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; linux;
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/bittorrentsync/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/bittorrentsync/default.nix
@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {

  meta = {
    homepage = "http://labs.bittorrent.com/experiments/sync.html";
-    description = "Automatically sync files via secure, distributed technology.";
+    description = "Automatically sync files via secure, distributed technology";
    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.unfree;
    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.iElectric ];
  };
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/ids/bro/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/ids/bro/default.nix
@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  enableParallelBuilding = true;
  
  meta = {
-    description = "Bro is a powerful network analysis framework that is much different from the typical IDS you may know.";
+    description = "Powerful network analysis framework that is much different from the typical IDS you may know";
    homepage = http://www.bro.org/;
    license = "BSD";
  };
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/amsn/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/amsn/default.nix
@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
  '';

  meta = {
+    description = "Instant messaging (MSN Messenger clone)";
    homepage = http://amsn-project.net;
  };
 }
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/abiword/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/abiword/default.nix
@ -26,4 +26,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
    [ pkgconfig gtk libglade librsvg bzip2 libgnomecanvas fribidi libpng popt
      libgsf enchant wv libjpeg
    ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Word processing program, similar to Microsof Word";
+  };
 }
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/antiword/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/antiword/default.nix
@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {

  meta = {
    homepage = "http://www.winfield.demon.nl/";
-    description = "convert MS Word documents to plain text or PostScript";
+    description = "Convert MS Word documents to plain text or PostScript";
    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;

    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.simons ];
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/arb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/arb/default.nix
@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
  '';

  meta = {
-    description     = "ARB software for sequence database handling and analysis";
+    description     = "Software for sequence database handling and analysis";
    longDescription = ''The ARB software is a graphically oriented package comprising various tools for sequence database handling and data analysis. A central database of processed (aligned) sequences and any type of additional data linked to the respective sequence entries is structured according to phylogeny or other user defined criteria. Note that this package includes its own older versions of clustal etc.''; 
    license     = "non-free";
    pkgMaintainer = "http://BioLib.open-bio.org/";
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/chemistry/avogadro/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/chemistry/avogadro/default.nix
@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-include ${mesa}/include/GL/glu.h";

  meta = {
+    description = "Molecule editor and visualizer";
    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.urkud ];
    inherit (qt4.meta) platforms;
  };
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/alliance/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/alliance/default.nix
@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
  '';

  meta = {
-      description = "Complete set of free CAD tools and portable libraries for VLSI design.";
+      description = "Complete set of free CAD tools and portable libraries for VLSI design";
      homepage = http://www-asim.lip6.fr/recherche/alliance/;
  };
 }
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/R/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/R/default.nix
@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {

  meta = {
    homepage = "http://www.r-project.org/";
-    description = "a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics";
+    description = "Free software environment for statistical computing and graphics";
    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;

    longDescription = ''
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/bazaar/tools.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/bazaar/tools.nix
@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ rec {
      
  name = "bzr-tools-${version}";
  meta = {
-    description = "Bazaar plugins.";
+    description = "Bazaar plugins";
  };
 }
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/anonymous-pro/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/anonymous-pro/default.nix
@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ rec {
  '') ["addInputs"];
      
  meta = {
-    description = "A TrueType font set intended for source code";
+    description = "TrueType font set intended for source code";
    maintainers = with a.lib.maintainers;
    [
      raskin
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/arkpandora/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/arkpandora/default.nix
@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ rec {
      
  name = "arkpandora-" + version;
  meta = {
-    description = "ArkPandora fonts, metrically identical to Arial and Times New Roman.";
+    description = "Font, metrically identical to Arial and Times New Roman";
  };
 }
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/aldor/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/aldor/default.nix
@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {

  meta = {
    homepage = "http://www.aldor.org/";
-    description = "Aldor is a programming language with an expressive type system";
+    description = "Programming language with an expressive type system";
    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.asl20;

    longDescription = ''
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/clean/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/clean/default.nix
@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  '';

  meta = {
-    description = "Clean is a general purpose, state-of-the-art, pure and lazy functional programming language.";
+    description = "General purpose, state-of-the-art, pure and lazy functional programming language";
    longDescription = ''
      Clean is a general purpose, state-of-the-art, pure and lazy functional
      programming language designed for making real-world applications. Some
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/angelscript/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/angelscript/default.nix
@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ rec {
  '' ["defEnsureDir" "prepareBuild"];
      
  meta = {
-    description = "A light-weight scripting library";
+    description = "Light-weight scripting library";
    maintainers = with a.lib.maintainers;
    [
      raskin
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/Xaw3d/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/Xaw3d/default.nix
@ -10,4 +10,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
  patches = [./config.patch ./laylex.patch];
  buildInputs = [x11 imake gccmakedep libXmu libXpm libXp bison flex];
  propagatedBuildInputs = [x11 libXmu];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "3D widget set based on the Athena Widget set";
+  };
 }
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/a52dec/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/a52dec/default.nix
@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-fpic";

  meta = {
+    description = "ATSC A/52 stream decoder";
    homepage = http://liba52.sourceforge.net/;
  };
 }
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/aalib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/aalib/default.nix
@ -15,4 +15,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {

  buildInputs = [ncurses];
  inherit ncurses;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "ASCII art graphics library";
+  };
 }
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/agg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/agg/default.nix
@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  configureFlags = "--x-includes=${libX11}/include --x-libraries=${libX11}/lib";

  meta = {
-    description = "The Anti-Grain Geometry (AGG) library, a high quality rendering engine for C++";
+    description = "High quality rendering engine for C++";

    longDescription = ''
      Anti-Grain Geometry (AGG) is an Open Source, free of charge
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/apache-activemq/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/apache-activemq/default.nix
@ -22,9 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {

  meta = {
    homepage = http://activemq.apache.org/;
-    description = ''
-      Messaging and Integration Patterns server written in Java.
-    '';
+    description = "Messaging and Integration Patterns server written in Java";
    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.asl20;
  };

--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/aspell/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/aspell/default.nix
@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  # doesn't expand environment variables such as `$HOME'.

  meta = {
-    description = "GNU Aspell, A spell checker for many languages";
+    description = "Spell checker for many languages";
    homepage = http://aspell.net/;
    license = "LGPLv2+";
    maintainers = [ ];
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/atk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/atk/default.nix
@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  postInstall = "rm -rf $out/share/gtk-doc";

  meta = {
-    description = "ATK, the accessibility toolkit";
+    description = "Accessibility toolkit";

    longDescription = ''
      ATK is the Accessibility Toolkit.  It provides a set of generic
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/attica/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/attica/default.nix
@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
  
  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "A library to access Open Collaboration Service providers";
+    description = "Library to access Open Collaboration Service providers";
    license = "LGPL";
    maintainers = [ maintainers.sander maintainers.urkud maintainers.phreedom ];
    inherit (qt4.meta) platforms;
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/aubio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/aubio/default.nix
@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
    ];

  meta = { 
-    description = "A library for audio labelling";
+    description = "Library for audio labelling";
    homepage = http://aubio.org/;
    license = "GPLv2";
    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.marcweber ];
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/audiofile/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/audiofile/default.nix
@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  };

  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "A library for reading and writing audio files in various formats";
+    description = "Library for reading and writing audio files in various formats";
    homepage    = http://www.68k.org/~michael/audiofile/; 
    license     = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
    maintainers = with maintainers; [ lovek323 shlevy ];
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/avahi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/avahi/default.nix
@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  '';

  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "Avahi, an mDNS/DNS-SD implementation";
+    description = "mDNS/DNS-SD implementation";
    homepage    = http://avahi.org;
    license     = licenses.lgpl2Plus;
    platforms   = platforms.unix;
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/bwidget/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/bwidget/default.nix
@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {

  meta = {
    homepage = "http://tcl.activestate.com/software/tcllib/";
-    description = "The BWidget toolkit is a high-level widget set for Tcl/Tk.";
+    description = "High-level widget set for Tcl/Tk";
    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.tcltk;
  };
 }
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/classads/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/classads/default.nix
@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
  
  meta = {
    homepage = http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/classad/;
-    description = "The Classified Advertisements library provides a generic means for matching resources.";
+    description = "The Classified Advertisements library provides a generic means for matching resources";
    license = "Apache-2.0";
  };
 }
--- a/pkgs/development/misc/avr-gcc-with-avr-libc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/misc/avr-gcc-with-avr-libc/default.nix
@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
  };

  meta = { 
-      description = "avr gcc developement environment including binutils, avr-gcc and avr-libc";
+      description = "AVR developement environment including binutils, avr-gcc and avr-libc";
      # I've tried compiling the packages separately.. too much hassle. This just works. Fine.
      license =  ["GPL" "LGPL"]; # see single packages ..
      homepage = []; # dito
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/checkstyle/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/checkstyle/default.nix
@ -15,7 +15,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
  '';

  meta = {
-    description = "A development tool to help programmers write Java code that adheres to a coding standard. By default it supports the Sun Code Conventions, but is highly configurable." ;
+    description = "Checks Java source against a coding standard";
+    longDescription = ''
+      checkstyle is a development tool to help programmers write Java code that
+      adheres to a coding standard. By default it supports the Sun Code
+      Conventions, but is highly configurable.
+    '';
    homepage = http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/;
  };
 }
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/apache-ant/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/apache-ant/default.nix
@ -23,4 +23,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
    url = "mirror://apache/ant/binaries/apache-ant-${version}-bin.tar.bz2";
    sha1 = "d9e3e83dd9664cfe1dcd4841c082db3f559af922";
  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Java-based build tool";
+  };
 }
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/apache-ant/from-source.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/apache-ant/from-source.nix
@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ EOF
  '';

  meta = {
-    description = "Apache Ant, a Java-based build tool";
+    description = "Java-based build tool";

    longDescription = ''
      Apache Ant is a Java-based build tool.  In theory, it is kind of like
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/casperjs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/casperjs/default.nix
@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  '';

  meta = {
-    description = "Navigation scripting & testing utility for PhantomJS.";
+    description = "Navigation scripting & testing utility for PhantomJS";
    longDescription = ''
      CasperJS is a navigation scripting & testing utility for PhantomJS.
      It eases the process of defining a full navigation scenario and provides useful high-level
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/astyle/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/astyle/default.nix
@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {

  meta = {
    homepage = "http://astyle.sourceforge.net/";
-    description = "source code reformatter";
+    description = "Source code indenter, formatter, and beautifier for C, C++, C# and Java";
    license = "LGPL";

    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/autobuild/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/autobuild/default.nix
@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  '';

  meta = {
-    description = "Simon Josefsson's Autobuild, a continuous integration tool";
+    description = "Continuous integration tool";

    longDescription = ''
      Autobuild is a package that process output from building
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/autoconf/2.13.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/autoconf/2.13.nix
@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {

  meta = {
    homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/;
-    description = "GNU Autoconf, a part of the GNU Build System";
+    description = "Part of the GNU Build System";

    longDescription = ''
      GNU Autoconf is an extensible package of M4 macros that produce
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/autoconf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/autoconf/default.nix
@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {

  meta = {
    homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/;
-    description = "GNU Autoconf, a part of the GNU Build System";
+    description = "Part of the GNU Build System";

    longDescription = ''
      GNU Autoconf is an extensible package of M4 macros that produce
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/autogen/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/autogen/default.nix
@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ let version = "5.17"; in
    #doCheck = true; # 2 tests fail because of missing /dev/tty

    meta = {
-      description = "GNU AutoGen, an automated text and program generation tool";
+      description = "Automated text and program generation tool";

      longDescription = ''
        AutoGen is a tool designed to simplify the creation and maintenance
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/automake/automake-1.10.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/automake/automake-1.10.x.nix
@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {

  meta = {
    homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/;
-    description = "GNU Automake, a GNU standard-compliant makefile generator";
+    description = "GNU standard-compliant makefile generator";

    longDescription = ''
      GNU Automake is a tool for automatically generating
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/automake/automake-1.11.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/automake/automake-1.11.x.nix
@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {

  meta = {
    homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/;
-    description = "GNU Automake, a GNU standard-compliant makefile generator";
+    description = "GNU standard-compliant makefile generator";

    longDescription = ''
      GNU Automake is a tool for automatically generating
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/automake/automake-1.12.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/automake/automake-1.12.x.nix
@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {

  meta = {
    homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/;
-    description = "GNU Automake, a GNU standard-compliant makefile generator";
+    description = "GNU standard-compliant makefile generator";

    longDescription = ''
      GNU Automake is a tool for automatically generating
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/automake/automake-1.13.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/automake/automake-1.13.x.nix
@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {

  meta = {
    homepage = "http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/";
-    description = "GNU Automake, a GNU standard-compliant makefile generator";
+    description = "GNU standard-compliant makefile generator";
    license = "GPLv2+";

    longDescription = ''
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/avarice/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/avarice/default.nix
@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {

  meta = {
    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
-    description = "AVaRICE translates between GDB's remote debug protocol and the AVR JTAG ICE protocol";
+    description = "Translator between GDB's remote debug protocol and the AVR JTAG ICE protocol";
    homepage = http://sourceforge.net/projects/avarice/files/avarice/;
    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.smironov ];
    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/ccache/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/ccache/default.nix
@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
  };

  meta = {
-    description = "ccache, a tool that caches compilation results.";
+    description = "Compiler cache for fast recompilation of C/C++ code";
    homepage = http://ccache.samba.org/;
    license = "GPL";
  };
--- a/pkgs/games/blobby/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/blobby/default.nix
@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  '';

  meta = {
-    description = ''A blobby volleyball game.'';
+    description = ''A blobby volleyball game'';
    license = with stdenv.lib.licenses; bsd3;
    platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; linux;
    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [raskin];
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/acpi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/acpi/default.nix
@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  };

  meta = {
+    description = "Show battery status and other ACPI information";
    longDescription = ''
      Linux ACPI client is a small command-line
      program that attempts to replicate the functionality of
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/apparmor/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/apparmor/default.nix
@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {

  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
    homepage = http://apparmor.net/;
-    description = "A Linux application security system";
+    description = "Linux application security system";
    license = licenses.gpl2;
    maintainers = [ maintainers.phreedom ];
    platforms = platforms.linux;
--- a/pkgs/servers/apcupsd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/apcupsd/default.nix
@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  '';

  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "A daemon for controlling APC UPSes";
+    description = "Daemon for controlling APC UPSes";
    homepage = http://www.apcupsd.com/;
    license = licenses.gpl2;
    platforms = platforms.linux;
--- a/pkgs/tools/X11/autocutsel/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/X11/autocutsel/default.nix
@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {

  meta = {
    homepage = "http://www.nongnu.org/autocutsel/";
-    description = "Autocutsel tracks changes in the server's cutbuffer and CLIPBOARD selection.";
+    description = "Tracks changes in the server's cutbuffer and CLIPBOARD selection";
    license = "GPLv2+";
    platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; all;
  };
--- a/pkgs/tools/X11/bgs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/X11/bgs/default.nix
@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  preConfigure = ''sed -i "s@PREFIX = /usr/local@PREFIX = $out@g" config.mk'';

  meta = { 
-      description = "bgs is an extremely fast and small background setter for X.";
+      description = "Extremely fast and small background setter for X";
      license = "MIT";
      platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; all;
      maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [pSub]; 
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/analog/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/analog/default.nix
@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
  meta = {
    homepage = "http://www.analog.cx/";
    license = "GPL";
-    description = "a powerful tool to generate web server statistics";
+    description = "Powerful tool to generate web server statistics";
    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.simons ];
    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
  };
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/archivemount/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/archivemount/default.nix
@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig fuse libarchive ];

  meta = {
-    description = "Gateway between FUSE and libarchive: allows mounting of cpio, .tar.gz, .tar.bz2 archives.";
+    description = "Gateway between FUSE and libarchive: allows mounting of cpio, .tar.gz, .tar.bz2 archives";
    license = "GPL2";

    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
--- a/pkgs/tools/graphics/argyllcms/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/graphics/argyllcms/default.nix
@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {

  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
    homepage = http://www.argyllcms.com;
-    description = "An ICC compatible color management system";
+    description = "Color management system (compatible with ICC)";
    license = licenses.gpl3;
    maintainers = [ maintainers.rickynils ];
    platforms = platforms.linux;
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/autojump/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/autojump/default.nix
@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ in
    '';

    meta = {
-      description = "Autojump, a `cd' command that learns";
+      description = "A `cd' command that learns";
      longDescription = ''
        One of the most used shell commands is “cd”.  A quick survey
        among my friends revealed that between 10 and 20% of all
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/autorandr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/autorandr/default.nix
@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ in
    '';

    meta = {
-      description = "Autorandr, automatic display configuration selector based on connected devices";
+      description = "Automatic display configuration selector based on connected devices";
      homepage = https://github.com/wertarbyte/autorandr;
      maintainer = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.coroa ];
    };
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/byobu/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/byobu/default.nix
@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {

  meta = {
    homepage = https://launchpad.net/byobu/;
-    description = "Byobu is a GPLv3 open source text-based window manager and terminal multiplexer.";
+    description = "Text-based window manager and terminal multiplexer";

    longDescription =
      ''Byobu is a GPLv3 open source text-based window manager and terminal multiplexer. 
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/aria/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/aria/default.nix
@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ rec {
      
  name = "aria-" + version;
  meta = {
-    description = "aria - multiprotocol DL manager";
+    description = "Multiprotocol download manager";
  };
 }
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/axel/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/axel/default.nix
@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
  };

  meta = {
-    description = "A console downloading program. Has some features for parallel connections for faster downloading.";
+    description = "Console downloading program with some features for parallel connections for faster downloading";
  };
 }
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/bwm-ng/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/bwm-ng/default.nix
@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  buildInputs = [ ncurses ];

  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "Bandwidth Monitor NG is a small and simple console-based live network and disk io bandwidth monitor.";
+    description = "Bandwidth Monitor NG is a small and simple console-based live network and disk io bandwidth monitor";
    homepage = "http://www.gropp.org/?id=projects&sub=bwm-ng";
    license = licenses.gpl2;
    platforms = platforms.unix;
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/chrony/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/chrony/default.nix
@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  buildInputs = [ readline ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isLinux libcap;

  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "A pair of programs which are used to maintain the accuracy of the system clock on a computer.";
+    description = "Sets your computer's clock from time servers on the Net";
    homepage = "http://chrony.tuxfamily.org/";
    license = licenses.gpl2;
    platforms = platforms.unix;
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/p2p/amule/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/p2p/amule/default.nix
@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {

  meta = {
    homepage = http://amule.org/;
-    description = "aMule, a peer-to-peer client for the eD2K and Kademlia networks";
+    description = "Peer-to-peer client for the eD2K and Kademlia networks";

    longDescription = ''
      aMule is an eMule-like client for the eD2k and Kademlia
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/p2p/bit-tornado/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/p2p/bit-tornado/default.nix
@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
  '';

  meta = {
-    description = "Bittorrent client with IPv6 support.";
+    description = "Bittorrent client with IPv6 support";
  };
 }
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/apg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/apg/default.nix
@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  patches = [ ./apg.patch ];

  meta = {
-    description = "A tool set for random password generation.";
+    description = "Tools for random password generation";
    longDescription = ''
      APG (Automated Password Generator) is the tool set for random
      password generation.
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/clamav/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/clamav/default.nix
@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {

  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
    homepage = http://www.clamav.net;
-    description = "an open source (GPL) antivirus engine designed for detecting Trojans, viruses, malware and other malicious threats.";
+    description = "Antivirus engine designed for detecting Trojans, viruses, malware and other malicious threats";
    license = licenses.gpl2;
    maintainers = [ maintainers.phreedom ];
    platforms = platforms.linux;
--- a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/auctex/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/auctex/default.nix
@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ( rec {
  name = "${pname}-${version}";

  meta = {
-    description = "AUCTeX is an extensible package for writing and formatting TeX files in GNU Emacs and XEmacs.";
+    description = "Extensible package for writing and formatting TeX files in GNU Emacs and XEmacs";
    homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/auctex;
  };